Het Wakend Oog
Het Wakend Oog is a retail building in Terschelling, Friesland. Het Wakend Oog is situated nearby to the bus station West-Terschelling, Haven, as well as near the tourism office VVV.Photo: Friedricheins, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include ’t Behouden Huys and Westerkerk (West-Terschelling).
’t Behouden Huys
Museum
Photo: MarcoSwart, CC BY-SA 3.0.
't Behouden Huys or Het Behouden Huis is a museum in West-Terschelling, Netherlands. The museum is named after the shelter used by Willem Barentsz on his third Arctic expedition, when they became trapped in ice off northern Russia. ’t Behouden Huys is situated 120 metres southwest of Het Wakend Oog.
Westerkerk (West-Terschelling)
Church
Photo: MarcoSwart, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Westerkerk (West-Terschelling) is a church.
Brandaris
Photo: spectrephoto, CC BY 2.0.
The Brandaris is a lighthouse on the Dutch Wadden Sea island Terschelling, in Friesland. It is the oldest lighthouse in the Netherlands, listed as a Rijksmonument, number 35032 and rated with a very high historical value. Brandaris is situated 260 metres northwest of Het Wakend Oog.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West-Terschelling and Dellewal.
West-Terschelling
Village
Photo: Smiley.toerist, CC BY-SA 4.0.
West-Terschelling is the largest village on Terschelling in the province Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 2,602 in January 2017.
Het Wakend Oog
- Type: Retail building
- Categories: architectural structure and building
- Location: Terschelling, Friesland, Northern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.35822° or 53° 21′ 30″ northLongitude
5.21599° or 5° 12′ 58″ eastInception
1882Height
7.1 metres (23 feet)Open location code
9F579658+79OpenStreetMap ID
way 270711199OpenStreetMap feature
building=retailWikidata ID
Q4597661
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Western Frisian—“Het Wakend Oog” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Het Wakend Oog”
- Dutch: “rijksmonumentnummer 508931”
- Western Frisian: “Het Wakend Oog”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include West-Terschelling, Haven and VVV.
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